29 March,2010 02:39 PM IST | | Agencies
'King of Pop' Michael Jackson was resuscitated for ten minutes an hour after he suffered cardiac arrest, according to the Jacksons' lawsuit.
An excerpt from the document states, "At 13:21 hours, the nurses and physicians at UCLA detected a weak femoral pulse and cardiac activity for Michael Jackson. At 13:22 hours he showed cardiac activity.
At 13.33 he showed a weak ventricular rhythm (contracting of the lower heart chambers)."
The 50-year-old pop icon's father Joe Jackson believes his son's death could have been prevented by his personal doctor Conrad Murray, News of the World reported. "This evidence is damning.
They should lock him up and throw away the key. It's disgusting what happened here," Joe said. The lawsuit against Murray is a catalogue of alleged decisions made by Murray which Joe claim led to pop legend's death.
These include failing to tell paramedics he had given the singer propofol, the anaesthetic coroners ruled led to his death. Search warrants have also revealed large quantities of general anaesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams were discovered in Jackson's home after the singer's death.
Jackson's death was ruled a homicide caused by an overdose of propofol and other sedatives. Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.
